Cancarb, located in Medicine Hat, Alberta, about 300
kilometers (186 miles) southeast of Calgary, is the world's
largest producer of thermal carbon black, an industrial material
used in tires, printer inks and other goods. The sale includes
Cancarb's 41-megawatt power plant, which sells electricity to
Medicine Hat's power grid.

TransCanada plans to use the proceeds to fund its pipeline
growth strategy, which includes the controversial Keystone XL
pipeline to take oil sands crude from northern Alberta to U.S.
refiners and the 1.1 million barrel per day Energy East pipeline
to take Western Canadian oil to the Atlantic Coast.

"The proceeds from this sale will help fund TransCanada's
unprecedented capital growth plan that includes $38 billion in
new projects to be completed by the end of the decade," Russ
Girling, TransCanada's chief executive, said in a statement.

The sale is expected to close by the end of March.

TransCanada shares were up 38 Canadian cents at C$48.99 at
midmorning on Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.